About

Daria Hodder (born May 11, 1999[2]) is an Australian professional wrestler. As of February 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Zaria and is the current NXT Women's North American Champion in her first reign. She also makes appearances for WWE's partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Daria Hodder[1] May 11, 1999 (age 27)[2] Townsville, Queensland, Australia Delta[3] Delta Brady[3] Zaria[3] Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] Billed weight 165 lb (75 kg)[2] Billed from Adelaide, South Australia Trained by Chris Basso Matt Basso[2] Debut December 31, 2020[2] In February 2024, Hodder took part in the WWE tryouts held in Perth, Western Australia before Elimination Chamber: Perth.[8][9] On 1 October episode of NXT, a vignette aired showing Hodder walking down a road, looking at road signs for Exit 10 and Route 27, implying her debut on 27 October at NXT Halloween Havoc.[10] Over the weeks, more vignettes were aired. On 22 October episode of NXT, a vignette aired revealing her new ring name as Zaria. After NXT Deadline, Zaria formed a partnership with fellow Iron Survivor Challenge competitor Sol Ruca, with the pair later colloquially known as ZaRuca. According to Zaria, the pairing was originally meant to be a one-off.[16] The pair won their first tag team match on 4 February 2025 episode of NXT against Tatum Paxley and Gigi Dolin. 1 April episode of NXT, Zaria defeated Lash Legend to qualify for the six-woman ladder match for the vacant NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Stand & Deliver on 19 April, where the title was won by Ruca.[18][19] Zaria made her main roster debut appearance on 11 July episode of SmackDown, where she accompanied Ruca in the latter's fatal four-way match against the other three representatives of the Evolution WWE Women's Tag Team Championship fatal four-way tag team match involving champions The Judgment Day (Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez), Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane).On the 24 February episode of NXT, Zaria turned on Ruca prior to Ruca's NXT Women's Championship match against Jacy Jayne.[29] On the following week, Ruca retaliated by taking out both Zaria and Jayne during their championship match.[30] Zaria and Ruca faced each other at NXT Stand & Deliver on 4 April with Ruca coming out victorious after delivering three Sol Snatchers on Zaria.[31] At Week 2 of NXT: Revenge on 21 April, Zaria defeated Ruca in a Last Women Standing match to end their feud as Ruca was promoted to the main roster.[32] Immediately after, Zaria set her sights on the NXT Women's North American Championship held by Tatum Paxley.[33] On the 9 June episode of NXT, Zaria defeated Paxley to win the title.[34] Hodder made her Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut as Zaria at Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC on 15 January 2026 with Sol Ruca to scout for a potential title shot at the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship. She later answered the open challenge title defence by TNA Knockouts World Champion Léi Yǐng Lee set at Genesis two days later but failed to win the title NXT Women's North American Championship (1 time, current) NXT Year-End Award Tag Team of the Year (2025) – ZaRuca (with Sol Ruca)